Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 241 Young People's Victory
McMillan could see clearly off the court, and he immediately walked to the sidelines and yelled loudly, asking Batum to go to a high position to support the offense.This is indeed the most correct way to deal with it, because Blair can't come out, what he is best at is grabbing rebounds under the basket and doing a good job of defense. If he pulls to a high position, it will provide a wider range for the Blazers' assaulters Space, so that the Spurs' inside line will fall, so Blair is absolutely afraid to leave the basket.

Batum really pulled up to a high position in the next offensive round, and Blair felt very uncomfortable. He could only get stuck between Batum and the basket, and it was a bit embarrassing to be unable to get up or down.Now the Spurs' two insiders are purely defensive players. Mahinmi is better. After all, his height of 2 meters is there, no matter how bad he is, he can slow down the speed of the little guys.But Blair is different. He is a stocky insider, or he can be pocket-sized, because his height is only 11 meters, which is shorter than Ye Feng and Batum.His advantages and disadvantages are very clear. The advantage is that the base is stable, and the wingspan is also quite amazing, but the disadvantage is that he is too heavy, which makes him not very flexible in the movement of the inside, let alone keep up with the high position. Batum is gone.

For a while, the Blazers played a dazzling offensive with Batum as the core.Batum's court vision is not top-notch, but Ye Feng and Roy are both very good at running empty-handed. They can call Batum to pass the ball when they are about to appear in the gap, so that they will not be harmful to the team. What impact does the overall offense have.And after commanding again and again, Batum himself gradually began to find the feeling, and even used his own advantage to pass Blair, and then distributed the ball to teammates who were in open positions, while Blair could only watch from the sidelines. stare.

The Spurs' offense and defense gradually became somewhat disorganized. This has nothing to do with their tactical execution, but is purely a consequence of the decline in physical strength.The Trail Blazers players are still running on the field, especially Ye Feng. Batum's support in the high position has liberated him, so that he has more energy to focus on attacking with the ball.In just 8 minutes of the second quarter, Ye Feng scored 15 points, including 4 of 3 shots from outside the three-point line.Roy tactfully gave him the right to shoot, not because Roy didn't have confidence in himself, but because Ye Feng, who was facing Jefferson, was obviously the one who was more confident.

Blair and Mahinmi's ability to control the rebound is really good. The Blazers rarely have the opportunity to grab the offensive rebound and complete the second attack, but the direct result of them shrinking inside is a big one to get the basket outside the three-point line. The area is handed over, and Aldridge and Batum's mid-range shooting percentage is quite high. If they save it, Ye Feng and Bayless will use their own breakthroughs to teach them a profound lesson.Yes, there is no Roy among the assaulters. This is McMillan's request. He really doesn't want to see the captain of the team get injured again at such a critical moment. The easiest way is to reduce breakthroughs and increase shots.

Obviously, the Spurs are at a disadvantage in terms of speed and agility. Even if the speed of Ginobili and Parker is not slow, compared with the boys of the Blazers, the small French sports car will become a classic car.The Blazers' strategy is very simple. We don't care how many points you score, as long as we can keep scoring and get more points in less time than you, then the victory of this game is still ours.They think so, and they do the same. As long as it is the Blazers' offensive round, the tempo will be pulled very fast. Often the Spurs players have not recovered before the opponent has already dribbled into the interior, and then either directly. The basket must either pass the ball beyond the three-point line and let the teammate complete the fatal blow.

Popovich has to admit that starting GDP at the same time is a bad idea, at least in this game.So after the start of the second half, he replaced Parker with Hill and partnered with Ginobili in the backcourt, but there is one thing the old man has forgotten, that is Ginobili's own physical fitness, if Parker can still play off the court If you rest for a while, then he has to continue to fight his opponents on the court. This is a heavy burden for a player who played 20 minutes in the first half, not to mention Ginobili is already in his 30s this year.

Hill's appearance made the Spurs breathe a sigh of relief, but it was only a breath, because he can control the rhythm of the Spurs but not the pace of the Blazers. After all, he is not the kind of tough perimeter defender. The playmaker will not match up with him.So there was a very weird situation in this game. When the Blazers were attacking, they sent the ball into the basket as quickly as a gust of wind, while the Spurs were attacking like an old cow pulling a broken car. People are very depressed.Such a comparison of slow and fast style of play makes many fans feel uncomfortable, but they will not boo the team they support, so as long as the ball is in the hands of a Trail Blazers player, there will be overwhelming boos from the audience , to express their dissatisfaction.

However, the Trail Blazers players were not afraid of this little booing. Instead, they ran more vigorously under Ye Feng's command. Hill, the only young Spurs player on the field, was also taken a little by his classmate Bayless Out of breath, there is no way, this guy Bayless is really good at running, and as the team's substitute, he rarely has so much time to appear on the court, so he has to seize the opportunity no matter what. So Hill was in a tragedy. He could keep up with Bayless's speed at the beginning, but in the fourth quarter he could only follow the opponent's ass to eat ashes.

The Blazers took advantage of a wave of scoring at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter to maintain the lead. They also used their own life-saving running to wear down the much older Spurs players. At 5 minutes, although the Blazers only led by 7 points, the Spurs have never been able to tie the score in one breath. They are really exhausted.Especially GDP, they are not young at all, and they are led by a group of juniors to fill in the gaps on the field, and they will be exhausted personally.Popovich was very unwilling, but this was a decision he made before the game started. Who can blame him for something wrong now?
Looking at the Blazers players who were still galloping on the field, Popovich sighed, and his mind has already flown to the next season, even if the Spurs still have a chance to reverse.He silently asked himself: "Are the Spurs really old? Is it time to start another era?"

(End of this chapter)